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Immersv Attracts $10.5M Investment

by Yvette Raikes

Interactive advertising company Immersv has completed a Series A round of funding. The financing has been led by Rogers Venture Partners and the round has raised $10.5 million towards VR technology in advertising. Immersv …

Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 31

‘Relúmĭno’ Visual Aid App Moves out of the Lab

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the Samsung Relúmĭno VR system for helping the visually impaired from the MWC 4YFN event (MWC 4YFN Show Buzzes). The device will now be officially launched as it was previously just …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 31

OLED Encapsulation Materials Market to Grow With 16% CAGR

by Bob Raikes

The OLED encapsulation materials market is set to grow with a CAGR of 16% to $223 million by 2021, according to IHS Markit, although the company is only forecasting 4.7% growth this year to …

Lenovo Result 21/08/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Lenovo reported its FY17 Q1 results with revenues of $10 billion and a net loss of $72 million. The quarterly revenues recorded were the same as in FY16 Q1 while the net income of …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Google’s YouTube TV in Half of US Homes

by Yvette Raikes

Following last week’s story about Facebook’s challenge, Google says that its YouTube TV is available in half of US homes now, following a rollout in 14 new areas. The company announced that 17 more …

Essential Seen in the Wild

by Bob Raikes

Andy Rubin, one of the founders of Android (and who lead the project for eight years), is building a phone called “The Essential Phone”. We spotted an early brief review of the phone that …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 31

UX Awards to be Presented at IFA

by Bob Raikes

There will be an award ceremony at IFA to present winners of UX Design Awards which are intended to reward companies that have created good human interfaces that make interaction with products and systems …

DVB Switch Drives Hemix Index Growth in Germany

by Yvette Raikes

The German Home Electronics Market Index (HEMIX) is a joint project of the Federal Association of Retail Technology (BVT), GfK Retail and Technology and GFU Consumer and Home Electronics. It has shown 2.2% YoY …

Content and Devices

by Bob Raikes

We found plenty of news this week, so we have two separate issues of the newsletters this week. The news is starting to build up towards IFA and IBC, with Gamescon in between, so …

HMD Global Unveils Nokia 8

by Bob Raikes

HMD Global has released the Nokia 8 flagship smartphone which has a 5.3″ IPS display with 2560 x 1440 (16:9) with Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The Android phone is available in a single or …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Apple Watch 3 in MP in Q4

by Bob Raikes

While some sources suggest that Apple may announce the next Apple Watch Series 3 in September, a Chinese language source has said that mass production will not start until Q4. The report said that …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

US Pay-TV Providers Lose Out to Internet

by Yvette Raikes

Six months ago (Vol 24 No 11), the Leichtman Research Group published figures showing a drop in US pay-TV users, with subscribers moving to internet-delivered services. At that time, the biggest providers in each …